Backlash 2024 was a very commendable WWE pay-per-view. It’s up to the performers to give it their all when so many matches have such obvious results, and that’s exactly what happened. It wasn’t spotless – man, that tag title match really fell apart, didn’t it? – but a lot of odds were overcome, helped even […]
I didn’t review AEW’s Revolution, given its occurrence during the height of my recent hiatus. I thought it was one of AEW’s best recent pay-per-views, but I thought Dynasty (from just over a week ago) was even better; a genuine show of the year contender where the basic standards of pro wrestling are concerned, alongside […]
Every tenth WrestleMania seems to end with a genuine feelgood moment. The one that closed out WrestleMania 40 might have been one of the best ever, and Michael Cole’s commentary, professing to love professional wrestling, was enough to bring a tear to the eye of even the most jaded of fans. It made the event’s […]
Quick check-in to give my opinions on Elimination Chamber from a few nights ago. I enjoyed it; two chamber matches that, sure, had pacing issues, but were otherwise full of engaging individual performances from the likes of Tiffany Stratton, Drew McIntyre and many others; a fitting world women’s title match; and a subversive old school […]
After a day of procrastination I was able to watch the Royal Rumble. I thought it was an enjoyable show with two well laid-out rumble matches, the women’s match being the slight better of the two. I’m a Royal Rumble connoisseur – weird thing to be a snob about but here we are – and […]
AEW’s recent run of pay-per-views hasn’t been quite as steady as what once was. It seems as though many people would include last night’s World’s End in this weaker run, and sure, it wasn’t the best product AEW has put out, but there were enough matches that I enjoyed for me to give the show […]
Sewing a few deeper storyline elements into WarGames matches has more-or-less saved WWE’s version of the match type, made most evident by Survivor Series’ main event last year. I say this because their WarGames matches are full of tropes and stereotypes; I’m always tempted to fast-forward through the match once somebody starts filling the ring […]
My wrestling reviews are still just going to be a couple of paragraphs of thoughts, and last night’s Full Gear pay-per-view summed up why I prefer doing this. Sometimes, I just really don’t have the interest; I’m game for watching wrestling, but sometimes my relationship with the wrestling I’m watching falters, and that certainly happened […]
Well, gotta get my review of Fastlane out of the way. I’ve seen mixed reception for last night’s pay-per-view but while I may shrug here-and-there I’m feeling more positive than negative. The show flowed a lot better than I was expecting for a pay-per-view with only five matches. Necessitating longer matches would often lead to […]
In my current style of bitesize wrestling reviews, there isn’t much I can come up with to tie WrestleDream together to convey my overall thoughts. So I’ll just summarise how the event prospered via the uniqueness of each of its best matches. Hangman Page vs Swerve Strickland was a sleeper hit that didn’t waste a […]
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